How to pronounce “close enough for government work”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (US, idiomatic, humorous, derogatory) Adequate; acceptable as government work, imperfect but not worth the time nor effort of improving.
• (Canada, idiomatic, humorous) Acceptable; equivalent to government work, neither worse nor better.

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